REMOVING THE ONLINE GAP FOR SMALL AUSSIE BUSINESSES

We will close the digital gap for 150,000 small business owners.

You are the sort of person who hasn’t been able to fight back, in this new digital age.

Digital Angel VIP Group

Join our free VIP group to swap tips with other business owners, and watch our expert videos on how to digitally transform your business. JOIN OUR GROUP

Social Media Academy

You might not be much of a reader, and that’s okay!This new world of learning is built to be fun!Short, punchy videos walk you through the basics.
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TECHNOLOGY TRAINING

Learn about how the new online world opens up POS, EFTPOS & Smart technology for your business. Simply attend a local event in our regional tour.
OUR EVENTS

LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES

Speak to your local representative and hear more. Face to face in your business or on the phone.

OUR FOUNDERS

We have a team of experts in marketing, business, photography & technology to keep our members competitive and up to date

MELODY JARVIS

Founder

Melody Jarvis is the founder and director of Shop My Town. She says her life mission is to save rural Aussie towns for the future of our children and she believes the new world of digital technology is the answer. Connecting online is the key to drawing people back to our regional towns.

DAN BROWN

Founder

WILL BRYDEN

Marketing & Tech

Making a Difference for Small Town Business

Although I was hesitant at the start, since including pictures of our staff in our Facebook posts and blogs,
we have been reaching so many more people. Who would have thought that people actually wanted to see our faces!
Thank you for your continuous suggestions to help our business.

After learning the new skills in Livestream Video, I was able to promote my business on Facebook and Instagram,
and in the third month of advertising, secured 18 jobs through Facebook Messenger.
Shop My Town was instrumental in helping me learn digital marketing.

“Melody helped me put the ideal customer credentials into the Facebook Boosting tool,
we were able to reach 8000 people for our workshop, resulting in 40 people coming to
our Fairy Garden workshop – we ran out of materials!”

YOUR DIGITAL NEWS

I don’t know if anyone is watching the change sweeping rural communities. As more shopping moves online, website design is becoming crucial for local retailers. Did anyone think ahead as the switches were flipped to give us high speed broadband? The cost saving ability of a disruptor dictates how quickly it will be taken up. Read more about Website Design brings change to Main Street retailers[…]

You may have heard about the new wave of layby options sweeping Australia. Today I’m going to break down one of these new tools and explain how it could help your business. The reason I’m talking about zipPay is because it has an option for both service & retail, whereas it’s popular counterpart, Afterpay only Read more about How zipPay can revitalise your business[…]

Last night on The Voice, 15 year old Lucy stood up to sing. Belting out a David Bowie classic, she commanded the chairs to turn, and turn they did. In moments she had judges pitching, Seal & Kelly baying at her feet in bloodlust. This is how I feel about innovation in Australia. Branded & Read more about Innovation or common sense?[…]

From the moment you walk through our doors, we want you to feel like part of the family. That’s what has made the Gatton Meat Centre famous in our town, as well as the award winning sausages! The passion started long ago, Peter Schmidt trying his hand as a butcher at a young age, and Read more about It’s in the Family! The Schimdt Family Story![…]

It’s funny the things that project you forward. The startup journey is a messy looping dance with little that you can control. Like my husband said “it’s like you have to go through the humbling failures to see what the market really needs.” So when I discovered an unexpected surprise 4 months after taking investment Read more about Why my pregnancy caused the steepest startup growth curve![…]

We created this value on a day that just sucked. Cranky clients, too much too do, and we could see why people get miserable in business. We decided we needed a value to push us to celebrate life. And to also disrupt our clients day with energy, fun and life. Then a gorgeous client dropped Read more about Disrupt Your Day with Joy![…]

Advance Queensland is our state driver of innovation, and launched the inaugural Community Digital Champion program in 2016, the National Year of Digital Inclusion. I was delighted to be nominated by the Lockyer Valley Regional Council, for my work with Shop My Town.My private enterprise, Shop My Town, provides a localised Internet advertising service for Read more about My journey as a Community Digital Champion[…]